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The Raincoats

Post-Punk Rock 

Dry Cleaning’s Secret Love: Enchanting, Chiming, Exotic and Loud at Any Volume

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2026, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, London, Secret Love, Talking Heads, The Au Pairs, The Raincoats

Inside the band’s fantastic third album, out now on 4AD

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Music Journalism Rock 

Rock & Roll Globe’s Best Rock Books of 2025

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Cameron Crowe, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jordan Mooney, Lollapalooza, Orange County, Peter Wolf, Richard O’Brien, The Raincoats, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Shangri-Las, Yoko Ono

10 great reads from the music section of your local bookstore

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Art Pop Indie Rock Post-Punk 

‘You Left The Street Thinking You’d Listen To A Record’: 25 Years Of The Raincoats’ Looking in the Shadows

June 15, 2021June 20, 2021 Zachary Corsa 1 Comment 1996, Ana de Silva, Ari Up, DGC, Gina Birch, Ian Curtis, Looking in the Shadows, Mark E. Smith, Martin Hannett, Palmolive, The Raincoats, Tony Wilson

With endorsements from Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain, the UK art punk legends landed on Geffen Records for their underrrated fourth LP

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Post-Punk 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Right As Raincoats

January 3, 2020January 10, 2020 Addie Moore 0 Comments 1979, Ana Da Silva, Gina Birch, Lola, No Side to Fall In, Palmolive, Ray Davies, Rough Trade, The Kinks, The Raincoats, The Slits, WeThree Records

For its 40th anniversary, this sublime new edition from WeThree has been remastered from the original tapes and pressed onto marble vinyl, adorned by new art from founding members Gina Birch and Ana da Silva

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